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Postby stapel_eliz » Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:54 pm

So I get :
tanbeta=(m-s)/((s+m)/tanalpha)
...which simplifies as:

. . . . .

Now cross-multiply, expand, and solve for "m=". :wink:
If I keep going I get this:

tantheta= 5/(x+(36/x))...
Please show your work!
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